Timely intervention from a UNICEF-supported social worker stopped Farima, 12, from being forced into child marriage in ...

UNICEF warns of rising mental health issues, child marriage, and early pregnancies among Afghan girls due to Taliban`s ...

September 17 marks four years since the Taliban banned secondary education for girls in Afghanistan. It is a devastating ...

A 45-year old man in Afghanistan got married to a six-year old, but when the Taliban administration found out, they instructed him to wait till the girl turns nine before bringing her home, according ...

The earthquake in Afghanistan revealed more than physical destruction; it exposed the peril women face when denied medical ...

UNICEF described the school ban as “one of the defining injustices of our time” — a decision with catastrophic consequences ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, December 5 (UNHCR) - When her abusive, drug addict father told Zakia* that she must marry a man twice her age, the then 15-year-old was despondent. But after the Afghan refugee ...

As a ruthless magnitude 6.0 earthquake ripped through eastern Afghanistan this week, it flattened entire mountain villages and shattered the fragile lives of thousands, particularly children, who were ...